7th Minnesota Legislature
# 7th Minnesota Legislature

The seventh Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 3, 1865. The half of the 21 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented odd-numbered districts were elected during the General Election of November 3, 1863, while the 42 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives and the other half of the members of the Minnesota Senate were elected during the General Election of November 8, 1864.

## Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 3, 1865 to March 3, 1865. There were no special sessions of the 7th Minnesota Legislature.

## Party summary

### Senate

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Republican | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0 |
| Begin | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 19% | 81% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 6 | 15 | 21 | 0 |

### House of Representatives

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Republican | Union Dem. | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 11 | 27 | 4 | 42 | 0 |
| Begin | 10 | 32 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 24% | 76% | 0% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 13 | 29 | 0 | 42 | 0 |

## Leadership

### Senate

**Lieutenant Governor**


    Charles D. Sherwood (R-Elkhorn)

### House of Representatives

**Speaker of the House**


    Thomas Henry Armstrong (R-High Forest)

## Members

### Senate

| Name | District | City | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Baxter, Luthor Loren | 18 | Shakopee | Democratic |
| Cameron, Daniel | 13 | La Crescent | Republican |
| Daniels, John V. | 12 | Rochester | Republican |
| George, G. D. | 06 | Rockford | Republican |
| Langley, Dudley F. | 07 | Hastings | Republican |
| Lowell, Benjamin A. | 16 | Wilton | Republican |
| McKusick, John | 02 | Stillwater | Republican |
| Miller, Luke | 14 | Chatfield | Republican |
| Morrison, Dorilus | 05 | Minneapolis | Republican |
| Nicols, John | 21 | Saint Paul | Republican |
| Norton, Daniel Sheldon | 11 | Winona | Republican |
| Nutting, Levi | 08 | Faribault | Republican |
| Pillsbury, John Sargent | 04 | Saint Anthony | Republican |
| Porter, John J. | 17 | Mankato | Democratic |
| Rice, Edmund | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Shillock, Daniel G. | 20 | New Ulm | Republican |
| Smith, Melville C. | 10 | Lake City | Republican |
| Sprague, Benjamin D. | 15 | Lansing | Republican |
| Swift, Henry Adoniram | 19 | Saint Peter | Republican |
| Thatcher, Joseph A. | 09 | Zumbrota | Republican |
| Wilson, Joseph P. | 03 | Saint Cloud | Democratic |

### House of Representatives

| Name | District | City | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Aldrich, Cyrus | 05 | Minneapolis | Republican |
| Armstrong, Thomas Henry | 12 | High Forest | Republican |
| Beatty, Hamilton | 19 | Dryden | Democratic |
| Bullis, A. H. | 08 | Warsaw | Republican |
| Chalfant, William | 14 | Carimona | Republican |
| Colvill, Jr., William J. | 09 | Red Wing | Democratic |
| Cornell, Francis R.E. | 05 | Minneapolis | Republican |
| Crane, Royal | 15 | Mantorville | Republican |
| Crooker, Josiah B. | 16 | Owatonna | Republican |
| Davis, Charles F. | 06 | Kingston | Republican |
| Downer, John B. | 10 | Wabasha | Republican |
| Evans, Louis A. | 03 | Saint Cloud | Democratic |
| Gibbs, John La Porte | 16 | Geneva | Republican |
| Gilfillan, Charles Duncan | 01 | Saint Paul | Republican |
| Gilman, John M. | 21 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Goodrich, Frederick N. | 13 | Money Creek | Republican |
| Griswold, Charles | 11 | Saint Charles | Republican |
| Guiteau, Kendrick N. | 07 | West Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Harrington, L. C. | 17 | Mankato | Republican |
| Hewson, Stephen | 04 | Oxford | Republican |
| Hill, Henry | 06 | Glencoe | Republican |
| Huntoon, Lucius A. | 02 | Lakeland | Republican |
| Jay, Stephen H. | 18 | Saint Lawrence | Republican |
| Kiester, Jacob A. | 20 | Blue Earth City | Republican |
| Locke, J. B. | 09 | Minneola | Republican |
| Patten, William H. | 17 | Le Sueur | Republican |
| Peckham, John A. | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Poehler, Henry | 19 | Henderson | Democratic |
| Renz, F. A. | 06 | Chaska | Republican |
| Rigby, W. T. | 03 | Clearwater | Democratic |
| Rogers, Luther Z. | 17 | Waterville | Republican |
| Shandrew, F. E. | 11 | Winona | Republican |
| Smith, Ansel | 02 | Franconia | Republican |
| Stark, Lars Johan | 02 | Centre City | Republican |
| Stowell, F. M. | 04 | Anoka | Republican |
| Taylor, Charles | 08 | Northfield | Republican |
| Taylor, Oscar | 03 | Saint Cloud | Democratic |
| Teachout, William | 12 | Little Valley | Republican |
| Tew, Henry W. | 07 | Northfield | Democratic |
| Tuthill, Charles D. | 15 | Ashland | Republican |
| West, Elijah F. | 14 | Newburg | Republican |
| Whittemore, Reuben | 14 | Rushford | Republican |
